House Ed and Workforce Committee Holds Hearing on DOL's Overtime Rule
On Nov. 29, the House Education and Workforce Committee, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, held a
hearing,
titled “Bad for Business: DOL’s Proposed Overtime Rule.” Subcommittee Chair Kevin Kiley (R-CA) said in his opening statement, “the overtime rule is expected to impact an estimated 3.6 million working Americans and cost employers an estimated $1.3 billion, sticking them between a rock and a hard place. If employers cannot afford the new mandate, many will be forced to lay off their employees.”
Witnesses at the hearing included Paul DeCamp, Member of the Firm at Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C.; Jagruti Panwala, Principal at Sita Ram LLC; Judy Conti, Director of Government Affairs at the National Employment Law Project; and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of American Action Forum. Three of the four witnesses opposed the proposed rule, saying it would have significant negative economic implications of which the burden would likely be borne by workers.